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Interviews

‘I believe poetry is how my ancestors found me’—vangile gantsho in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

October 13, 2023November 8, 2023Makhosazana Xaba1 Comment on ‘I believe poetry is how my ancestors found me’—vangile gantsho in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

This is the fourth in a series of long-form interviews by Patron Makhosazana Xaba to be hosted on The JRB,…

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Academic

Understanding Pan-Africanist struggles for global slavery and colonialism reparations, by Adekeye Adebajo

October 15, 2021October 21, 2021Adekeye AdebajoLeave a Comment on Understanding Pan-Africanist struggles for global slavery and colonialism reparations, by Adekeye Adebajo

The JRB presents an edited excerpt from the Introduction to The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets and Philosophers by Adekeye Adebajo….

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Fiction

Toni Morrison, 1931—2019, RIP

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on Toni Morrison, 1931—2019, RIP

Toni Morrison, celebrated novelist and Nobel Laureate, has died, aged eighty-eight. Morrison passed away at the Montefiore Medical Center in…

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Book excerpts

Read ‘What Does It Mean To Be African?’ by Afua Hirsch, from the new anthology New Daughters of Africa

August 5, 2019February 6, 2020The JRB1 Comment on Read ‘What Does It Mean To Be African?’ by Afua Hirsch, from the new anthology New Daughters of Africa

In celebration of Women’s Month, The JRB presents a series of excerpts from New Daughters of Africa. Edited by Margaret…

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Biography & Memoir

Banishing the white gaze—Ntombizikhona Valela reflects on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s literary legacy

May 7, 2018April 2, 2020Ntombizikhona Valela2 Comments on Banishing the white gaze—Ntombizikhona Valela reflects on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s literary legacy

Ntombizikhona Valela considers two very different books, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 and Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob’s…

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